To rapidly reduce plastic compounds (BPA and phthalates) in the body, it is sufficient to change the packaging of your food (avoid plastic and canned goods), use suitable utensils, and pay attention to your hygiene products for one week, without changing the nature of your diet.

noli's read

This claim is based on a controlled intervention trial recently published in the journal Nature Medicine, a very robust type of evidence for assessing short-term exposure variations. This result is scientifically consistent because BPA and phthalates have a very short half-life in the body and are naturally eliminated within a few days once the source of exposure ceases. A benchmark intervention study conducted by Rudel et al., published in Environmental Health Perspectives, had already observed similar decreases of over 50% in urinary BPA after only three days of fresh, unpackaged food consumption. However, while the decrease of these substances in bodily fluids is rapid and validated, the impact of such a seven-day pause on microplastics accumulated over the longer term in other deep tissues remains to be explored. Nevertheless, the experiment shows incontestably that modifying one's containers rather than one's plate offers a measurable, almost immediate benefit for our lifestyle hygiene.

the sources

1. 1Gore AC, Chappell VA, Fenton SE, et al. 2015
2. 2Marfella R, Prattichizzo F, Sardu C, et al. 2024
3. 3Vethaak AD, Legler J 2021